Ruth was a famously efficient cleaner, sewer, knitter, and cook. Nearly everyone that knew her would have something she made or repaired. As the head cook at the Ashcroft General Hospital, she ran the most efficient hospital kitchen in BC. This was because nothing was wasted, a trait she developed during her childhood in the Great Depression, that lasted her entire life.
Although not known for her sentimentality, she made nearly every life she touched better by helping in some way, because she would recognize what needed to be done and would get on with it, until it was done.
Ruth was born on Jan 26, 1925 in Luseland, Saskatchewan to Wilhelm and Minna Poggemoeller. Ruth was predeceased by her husband Alex, her daughters Tanya and Gwen, her sons Tom and Ken, her sisters Sophie, Hilda. Teresa, Elsy, Karoline, and Lily, her brothers, Bill and Norman, and her grandchild, Tim.
Ruth is survived by her sons, Tim, Michael, and Brian and her brother Ernie and her sister Gertrude, and numerous grandchildren great grandchildren, and great great grandchildren.
In keeping with her wishes (she would say there is no point wasting resources on the dead) there will be no formal funeral. However, there will be an informal celebration of her life to be held in Vernon in the spring of 2023.
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